Chironomia; or, A treatise on rhetorical deliveryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 - 583 páginas |
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... present form and size . It must be con- fessed , that this saving of expence to the publication has de- prived it of a splendor which it would have derived from the spirited designs first intended for it . I have to lament that the ...
... present form and size . It must be con- fessed , that this saving of expence to the publication has de- prived it of a splendor which it would have derived from the spirited designs first intended for it . I have to lament that the ...
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... present Lord Bishop of Ossory , late Provost of Trinity College Dublin , for his liberal information , and for the communication of several rare books from his valuable private library . And to the Right Honourable George Knox , M. P. ...
... present Lord Bishop of Ossory , late Provost of Trinity College Dublin , for his liberal information , and for the communication of several rare books from his valuable private library . And to the Right Honourable George Knox , M. P. ...
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... present to the latter " the lively image of the preacher's soul . Were a taste for this " kind of elocution to take place , it is difficult to say how much " the preaching art would gain by it . Pronunciation would be " studied , an ear ...
... present to the latter " the lively image of the preacher's soul . Were a taste for this " kind of elocution to take place , it is difficult to say how much " the preaching art would gain by it . Pronunciation would be " studied , an ear ...
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... present ( 1794 ) fashion of dress , of wearing fine lace ruffles under the sleeve of a coat which very nearly covers them . The late Mr. Quin , whom I have heard recite , though not upon the stage , and Garrick also , who was consummate ...
... present ( 1794 ) fashion of dress , of wearing fine lace ruffles under the sleeve of a coat which very nearly covers them . The late Mr. Quin , whom I have heard recite , though not upon the stage , and Garrick also , who was consummate ...
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... present topic , and serve to stimulate the reader's curiosity . " But as there are other things which pass " in the mind of man , besides ideas ; and he is not wholly made 66 up of intellect , but on the contrary , the passions , and ...
... present topic , and serve to stimulate the reader's curiosity . " But as there are other things which pass " in the mind of man , besides ideas ; and he is not wholly made 66 up of intellect , but on the contrary , the passions , and ...
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action actor affectation altogether ancient animi appears atque autem autres body celebrated character Cicero corporis countenance Cresol Cresollius deinde delivered delivery Demosthenes dicendi dicere digitis discourse doit elevated Elocutio eloquence enim etiam expression eyes feelings fingers geste grace hæc hand illa l'expression labour language magis manner manum manus marked mind modo modum motions motus mouvemens nature neque nihil notation object observed omnia omnis orator oratory palæstra pantomime passage passions Pathognomy perfection Plutarch Plutus pollice position primum principal gesture pronunciatio public speaker pulpit Pylades qu'il quæ quædam quam quid quidem Quint Quintilian quod quoque reading rhetorical sæpe sentiments significant gestures speaking suited sunt talents tamen tantum tion tones variety vero vocem vocis voice vultus whilst words γὰρ δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τῶν
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Página 483 - But I will punish home: No, I will weep no more. In such a night To shut me out! Pour on; I will endure. In such a night as this! O Regan, Goneril! Your old kind father, whose frank heart gave all O, that way madness lies; let me shun that; No more of that.
Página 281 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Página 80 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Página 116 - The light of the body is the eye : therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Página 518 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Página 182 - Recherches d'Antiquite, gives us a curious story of the celebrated physiognomist Campanella. This man, it seems, had not only made very accurate observations on human faces, but was very expert in mimicking such as were any way remarkable. When he had a mind to penetrate into the inclinations...
Página 318 - Tum, pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant ; Ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet...
Página 53 - Oh, against all rule, my Lord, — most ungrammatically! betwixt the substantive and the adjective, which should agree together in number, case, and gender, he made a breach thus, — stopping, as if the point wanted settling; — and...
Página 38 - In just articulation the words are not to be hurried over, nor precipitated syllable over syllable: nor, as it were, melted together into a mass of confusion : they should be neither abridged, nor prolonged, nor swallowed, nor forced, and, (if I may so express it,) shot from the mouth; they should not be trailed, nor drawled...
Página 206 - ... haec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solatium praebent, 'delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.